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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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